Liam Twomey

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1,671 appearances 14 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 9 Sep

Liam Twomey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 14 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 6.

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The Athletic FC Podcast · What If... Abramovich bought Spurs instead of Chelsea? · 6 Sep 2026 podcast

Well, there's there's on the pitch and there's off the pitch. voice-verified

On the pitch, Chelsea were in a pretty good position. voice-verified

Um the spell from I would say nineteen ninety six to two thousand and three was an extremely successful one for Chelsea under Ken Bates, who was much more emblematic of Premier League club ownership at that time, you know, British businessman. voice-verified

Of a different level of wealth, shall we say. voice-verified

But Chelsea had been at the forefront of the foreign influx into the Premier League. voice-verified

International superstars, Gianfranco Zola, Gianluca Viali, Ruth Hullitt. voice-verified

And they'd built themselves up from a very inconsistent Premier League club, bottom half, mid-table, to a consistent top half. voice-verified

Club, then qualifying for European competition, winning European competitions, the Cup Winners' Cup, winning the FA Cup, winning the League Cup. voice-verified

They became serial winners at a lower level without quite reaching the level of Premier League contenders. voice-verified

Seemed to age out of that in 2003. voice-verified

A lot of those players, the the Zola generation was starting to come to the end of their time. voice-verified

But it was also becoming clear that Chelsea had spent beyond their means to achieve that level of success. voice-verified

And um and by the end of the 2002-2003 season, they were in financial trouble. voice-verified

Now the extent voice-verified

To which they were in financial trouble is still debated today. voice-verified

Um before his death, Ken Bates insisted always that Chelsea would not have gone out of business if they had lost to Liverpool on the final day of the 2002-2003 season. voice-verified

Um but we have heard other stories from other people. voice-verified

Um I remember Graeme Lasseaux. voice-verified

Telling the story of Trevor Burch, the chief executive at the time, gathering the players around on the morning of the game and saying, If if we lose this, uh the club could go out of business. voice-verified

Um now Birch also denied that. voice-verified

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